 | Mobile education unit
for diabetes soon THE Qatar Diabetes Association
(QDA) would launch a Mobile
Diabetic Education Unit soon, said
QDA Executive Director Dr
Abdullah al Hamaq.
Dr Hamaq disclosed this at a
press conference where he
received a cheque of QR350,000
as donation.
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| | QA reaffirms commitment
to Qatarisation at career fair |  QATAR Airways is this week
reaffirming its commitment to
seeking out talented nationals
for the organisation by taking
part in the annual Qatar
Career Fair.
The airline is working to
attract more locals, including
Qatari students in line with
Qatar National Vision 2030.
The carrier has numerous
vacancies available across the
company.
Qatar Airways, a Pearl
sponsor, has a stand in Hall 6
at the new Qatar National
Convention Centre where the
five-day Qatar Career Fair will
run until Thursday.
Qatar Airways Chief
Executive Officer Akbar al
Baker has lent his full support
to the event by visiting the
venue, meeting and discussing
job opportunities... | | | TAMUQ students present
jet fuels research in US |
 THREE Texas A&M
University at Qatar (TAMUQ)
students, sponsored by Qatar
Shell, travelled to the to the
US to present at American
Chemical Society´s 2012
National Spring Meeting in
San Diego, cutting-edge
research on synthetic jet fuels
recently.
The research project, supported
by Qatar Science and
Technology Park (QSTP) and
Qatar National Research
Fund´s (QNRF)
Undergraduate Research
Experience Programme
(UREP), aims to design new
generations of synthetic jet
fuels obtained from gas-toliquid
(GTL) technology.
The project´s goal is to create
synthetic jet fuels that can
be utilised in the same way as
crude fuels, but burn more
cleanly ... | | | US sports star Paul Tagliabue
visits Georgetown´s SFS-Q |  PAUL Tagliabue, Chairman
of Georgetown University´s
Board of Directors and longtime
commissioner of the
NFL, visited the Georgetown
University´s School of
Foreign Service in Qatar
(SFS-Q) recently.
He spoke to students and
discussed the achievements
and future of Georgetown´s
university programmes in the
Gulf region.
Talking about the strategic
location of Georgetown University
in Qatar, Tagliabue said,
"Qatar is becoming a hub
of education and also sports.
Participation is the key, with
Qatar acting as a regional leader
in inviting neighbouring
states to share in the development
of this sports culture."
Tagliabue also met with
officials from the Qatar... | |
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